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Institutions are applying the same options playbook they perfected on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to altcoins—and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) are the primary ...

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Strategy's latest move to sell some of its bitcoin was telegraphed clearly enough—but investors seem a little surprised, or ...